Netflix Inc. Stock Hold Recommendation Reiterated (NFLX)

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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) has been reiterated by TheStreet Ratings as a hold with a ratings score of C . The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, reasonable valuation levels and expanding profit margins. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, weak operating cash flow and generally higher debt management risk.

NFLX's revenue growth trails the industry average of 24.2%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues rose by 12.8%. This growth in revenue does not appear to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, displayed by a decline in earnings per share.

The gross profit margin for NETFLIX INC is currently very high, coming in at 73.00%. It has increased significantly from the same period last year. Regardless of the strong results of the gross profit margin, the net profit margin of 0.70% trails the industry average.

Net operating cash flow has significantly decreased to $19.69 million or 77.20% when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, when comparing to the industry average, the firm's growth rate is much lower.

The company, on the basis of change in net income from the same quarter one year ago, has significantly underperformed when compared to that of the S&P 500 and the Internet & Catalog Retail industry. The net income has significantly decreased by 91.0% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, falling from $68.21 million to $6.16 million.

Netflix, Inc. provides Internet subscription services for TV shows and movies in the United States and internationally. The company offers its subscribers to watch unlimited TV shows and movies streamed over the Internet to their TVs, computers, and mobile devices. The company has a P/E ratio of 36, equal to the average specialty retail industry P/E ratio and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Netflix has a market cap of $3.64 billion and is part of the services sector and specialty retail industry. Shares are down 5.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday.